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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. 50 Strategies for Communicating and Working with Diverse Families, 3rd edition by Janet Gonzalez-Mena is unique in its practical approach to improving teaching skills of early childhood educators by offering the most practical strategies for partnering with families to support, enhance, and maximize the quality of care and education of young children. It presents a plethora of ideas for creating the trust necessary for true collaboration between families and the early childhood professional, and guides on how to develop useful programs that include all families and individuals. Extensively revised, it reflects the most current themes, trends research and ideas in the field today, making it the most diversity-centered text on the market for courses covering diversity and the relationships between teachers and families in early childhood education classrooms and centers.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Welcoming Everybody     Chapter 1: Appreciating All Kinds of Families     Chapter 2: Working with Immigrant Families     Chapter 3: Including Families of Children with Special Needs     Chapter 4: Creating an Antibias Environment     Chapter 5: Respecting All Families, Including Those with Same-Sex Parents Section 2: Partnerships with Families     Chapter 6: Building Partnerships     Chapter 7: Removing Barriers to Partnerships     Chapter 8: Minimizing Competition with Parents     Chapter 9: Supporting Attachments     Chapter 10: Considering Authority     Chapter 11: Focusing on Family Strengths     Chapter 12: Helping Parents to Be Advocates for Their Children     Chapter 13: Encouraging Parents to Become Advocates for All Children     Chapter 14: Creating a Sense of Community Section 3: Honoring and Working with Diversity     Chapter 15: Understanding and Appreciating Cultural Differences     Chapter 16: Establishing Culturally Responsive Education and Care     Chapter 17: Working with Conflicts Around Education and Care Practices     Chapter 18: Considering Cultural Differences in Guidance and Discipline     Chapter 19: Working with Families Around What You Believe Are Harmful Practices     Chapter 20: Thinking about Differing Ideas Related to How Children Learn     Chapter 21: Managing Conflicts  Section 4: Family Participation and Education     Chapter 22: Considering Family Participation     Chapter 23: Including Families in the Classroom or Center     Chapter 24: Focusing on Fathers and Grandfathers     Chapter 25: Taking a Transformative Approach to Parent Education     Chapter 26: Working With Families Around Holiday Issues     Chapter 27: Exploring P

About the Author :
Janet Gonzalez-Mena is Retired Faculty in Child and Family Studies, Napa Valley College, Napa California, where for 15 years she was on the full-time faculty until her retirement in 1998. Not only has she taught in the California community college system for 36 years, but also Gonzalez-Mena’s career includes being a preschool teacher in a bilingual program, child care director, and coordinator of a pilot program of therapeutic child care for abused and neglected children.  A prolific author, her textbook achievements include: Child, Family, and Community, 6th ed. (Pearson, 2013); Infants, Toddlers and Caregivers, 9th ed. (McGraw-Hill, 2012); Foundations of Early Childhood Education: Teaching Children in a Diverse Society, 6th ed., (McGraw-Hill, forthcoming); and Diversity in Early Care and Education: Honoring Differences, 4th ed. (National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2008).  Janet also co-authored Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: An Introduction for Teachers of Infants and Toddlers (National Association for Education of Young Children, 2011). Currently self-employed as a consultant in early care and education, she also finds the time to write for Young Children and Exchange, and occasionally for publications in Canada and New Zealand.  


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  • ISBN-13: 9780133257427
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133257428
  • Publisher Date: 04 Dec 2012
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 176


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